The 2015 Audi S3 Is the Best Sport Sedan for the Money - Bloomberg

I told him all about the crazy whips at the Geneva Motor Show I’d just covered, but his attention really came alive when he misheard me say I was driving an Audi S3 this week. He thought I said “R8. ”. Funny thing is, when I told him it was “just” a sport sedan rather than the $116,000 R8 coupe, he was not that disappointed. Best Bang For The Buck Audi has always made its sedans closely mimic each other in both form and function. This is the first and only S3 derivative Audi will bring the U. S. , despite rumors that it would also bring over the RS3 in diesel and hatchback versions. I drove the 2. 0T Quattro S Tronic (turbocharged, all-wheel-drive) version for a week in Manhattan. It had some extras (such as the $2,600 navigation package and a $1,500 performance package with summer ties and 5-double-spoke wheels with anthracite polish), but even those pushed its price only to $47,045. That is barely more than you’d pay for... If its 31 miles-per-gallon highway efficiency and 4. 7-second, 60 miles-per-hour sprint time. Source: www.bloomberg.com